Minimum wage increase is the law.
Byline: ON THE JOB By Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries For The Register-Guard In November 2002, Oregon voters passed Ballot Measure 25, which requires the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries to annually adjust the minimum wage based on changes in inflation, as measured...

Are Tips A Top Up Or Part Of The National Minimum Wage?
The Issue Businesses are required to pay their staff the National Minimum Wage but some businesses have relied on tips to supplement staff income for the purposes of reaching the National Minimum Wage. National Insurance Contributions are not due on gratuities that are distributed direct...

Minimum Wage Rates Increased.
Andrew Tobin - Special Counsel The weekly minimum rate of pay for employees in the Federal workplace relations system will increase to $543.78 (or $14.31 per hour) from 1 October 2008. For employers in the Queensland industrial system, the Queensland Minimum Wage will increase to $552 per...

You want fries with that?; a white-collar burnout experiences life at minimum wage.
9781559708647 You want fries with that?; a white-collar burnout experiences life at minimum wage. Alexander, Prioleau. Arcade Publishing, Inc. 2008 250 pages $24.95 Hardcover HD4918 At age 41, Alexander quit his...

Minimum wage policy in Great Britain and the United States.
9780875866000 Minimum wage policy in Great Britain and the United States. Waltman, Jerold. Algora Publishing 2008 228 pages $24.95 Paperback HD4918 According to some, reducing or eliminating the minimum wage creates...

Paid maternity leave a step closer; Productivity commission proposes 18 weeks at minimum wage.
In an important breakthrough for working women and their families, the Productivity Commission has proposed a national scheme for paid parental leave that could give nurses up to 32 weeks paid maternity leave. The Commission's plan for 18 weeks' paid leave follows years of union lobbying for...

Minimum wage hike seen in 2 regions.
In the National Capital Region, President Arroyo said, workers can expect an increase in their wages by P20 (P15 in the minimum pay and P5 cost-of-living allowance integration) upon the official issuance of the latest wage order this year. The regional wage board was unable to come...

Order hiking minimum wage by P5 in Region 2 takes effect.
The wage order issued by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Cagayan Valley took effect yesterday. The order increases the minimum daily wage of workers in the region by R5. The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) said the wage earners now...

Region 2 board increases minimum daily wage by P5.
The wage board in Region II agreed to issue a new wage order granting a daily pay hike to minimum wage earners in the private sector, the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) said yesterday. NWPC Executive Director Ciriaco Lagunzad said that minimum wage workers in Isabela,...